Blog by Mrs Lomas

Mental Health Week w.b. 6.2.23

Year 2 have been discussing Mental Health and with what is happening in their daily lives. They understand that mental health is all about how they are feeling, the thoughts they are having, how this affects the choices they make and how they behave. They have…

Year 2 are being very imaginative in creating their own townscape dioramas.

Knowledge: to use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surroundings.

Skills: to design a purposeful 3d…

Year 2 have been using manipulatives to find equal groups. This has helped them to count in "lots" or "groups" using Numicon.

Knowledge: Calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷)…

Year 2 have been exploring different habitats, following their trip to Chester Zoo.

Knowledge: Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend…

Some of the Year 1 and 2 parents and carers attended an introductory meeting about how Read, Write Inc. works in our school.

Year 2 have been creating their own clay tiles by rolling, impressing and joining pieces of clay to embellish it.

Knowledge: to use impressing and joining techniques to decorate a clay tile.

Skills: 

• I can describe my ideas about the work of artist Rachel Whiteread

• I can…

Year 2 have been talking about musical terms such as timbre, dynamics and tempo to describe characters and events from the story Little Read, Riding Hood and choosing the most appropriate instruments to represent that.

Knowledge: I can select appropriate sounds to match events, characters…

Year 1 really enjoyed their visit to Chester Zoo. We have been learning about Antarctica and studying facts about penguins.

It was a very cold and snowy day at the zoo. The children and staff felt like we were actually in Antarctica! 

Jansen and Julia have begun to celebrate Chinese New Year which started on January 22nd this year.  They travelled to Manchester to take part in the festivities.

Congratulations to our Readers of the Week.

Year 2 spent a very chilly but fun day exploring animal habitats at Chester Zoo.

Knowledge: I can identify that most living things live in habitat to which they are suited.

Skills:  I can describe some of the world's habitats.

Vocab: grasslands, desert, rainforest, polar,…